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There was a thread on Pinoyxbox today asking, when is a good time to buy an Xbox 360? Naturally most of the forum goers were saying "TODAY's the best time!" and somehow that turned into a flame war with 3RL thrown in as the number one reason NOT to buy an Xbox 360. But what I don't get is that there are those that think that the Xbox 360's 3RL issue is a good enough reason to buy its closest competitor, the PS3. To that, I said:

"Let's make it simple. If you don't want to feel the hassle and fear of 3RL to bother you, then do NOT buy an Xbox 360. Seriously, I wouldn't advise it. But at the same time, I would NOT advise you to buy a PS3 EITHER. Just because you're not buying one thing doesn't mean you should buy the other.

The bottom line is quite simple, really: RIGHT NOW, the PS3 has no games worth buying. No Game-Of-The-Year-material titles. All those games are on the Xbox 360. Just look at metacritic, all the highest scoring games for this new generation of consoles are all on the Xbox 360 platform. Also, all the multiplatform games (games that come out on both PS3 and Xbox 360) are better (in terms of graphics and online capability) on the Xbox 360 platform.

Are playing those games worth the risk of 3RL? That's entirely up to you. But don't let 3RL MAKE you buy a PS3. The reasoning is ridiculous. You buy a game console to play games; you don't buy a game console to SPITE the other game console that you didn't buy yet to begin with.

Now for the Wii, personally I'd recommend that console if the games there are to your liking. Do you like to play Mario, Zelda and Metroid games? Is that your idea of fun? Well, then, get a Wii, if that's the case. It's hard for me NOT to recommend the Wii because it does have games that some people like. The casual-gamer appeal is definitely there. And in some cases, those games are also well rated, and the hardware doesn't have that many issues as the Xbox 360. In my case, di ko talaga type yung games sa Wii. I personally feel that the games on that console will be fun for me if I was 10 years younger. For now, I prefer games that are a bit more edgy and challenging.

For the PC, I would recommend it if only buying the required upgrades to play most of the games on the platform were less expensive. If you've got the cash to burn, go get a gaming PC. But be prepared for very long wait times in between AAA-class titles, considering game development time for the PC platform is far longer these days than console titles. And be prepared to upgrade again in the next 6 months. And 6 months after that...."

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So you're a Filipino living in the Philippines with a brand-spanking new Xbox 360. You've heard about all the wonderful stories on Xbox Live. You happen to have a pretty good broadband connection. One day, you try out the Xbox Live sign-up options on your 360, and you find out to your dismay that your country is NOT listed. What do you do?

Now, you can probably enjoy your 360 without live at all, but I have to tell you: YOU ARE MISSING OUT. As Peter Moore said in the recent MS Press Conference: "Having your 360 connected to Xbox Live is as vital as having your computer connected to the Internet".

He is so damned right.

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Long time no post...been busy with work but still gaming on the side when I have the time. One thing I have been trying to fix for practically months now is getting NAT TYPE 3 on my Playstation 3 when connected wirelessly via a Linksys WRT120N Router connected to Globe Telecom's PROLINK Modem/Router.

NAT TYPE 2 is the ideal set up to find games online easily and to connect to more players.

I'll probably update this post some time later today to clarify some things...in a rush because I'm also working...

Here was my setup before:

Linksys WRT120N
- Has DHCP Server On
- Getting an IP address from the Globe modem of 192.168.254.x

Prolink Modem from Globe
- Apparently also a router of some kind
- The public/dynamic(?) IP address from Globe was in this device and not in the WRT120N device, as evidenced by an address that was not 192.168.x.x
- Username and password was in the Prolink device.

After reading a LOT of information online, including this one:
http://conradmiguel.com/gl…

We picked up a [kinect-less] Xbox One a few weeks ago and have been putting it through its paces. Overall, right now I feel pretty good about this console. But I have to admit, the first experience of buying it is not very good. I'll go with the BAD news first. But do note that it isn't all bad news....

- The first time you bring it home, the console can't work without Internet. That's because it needs an absolutely-unoverrideable mandatory update. Basically, if you get this for your birthday and it's 7PM, expect to actually play games on it around a day or so later, depending on your internet speed.

- The first patch I got for it was around 800MB. This number might have changed by the time of this writing.

- All the launch games now have accumulated patches/updates over 16+ GB in size. Not just Dead Rising 3, which has been reported widely in the media. Even Forza 5.

- My internet at home is PLDT 3Mbps; managed to get all the updates pretty quickly....that's a…